As he gripped the controls of his bomber plane on his first war time mission, 21-year-old Harry Richardson gazed back at the British coast for what he feared was the last time.

Jackie Moggridge's achievements were numerous - she was the first woman in South Africa to do a parachute jump, she flew more ...

The future king - Colonel-in-Chief of the Mercian Regiment - wore his full military uniform for the visit to Tapa Camp in ...

John “Paddy” Hemingway, an Irishman who served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the 1940 Battle of Britain, died ...

Dubliner, Second World War RAF hero, and one of the most revered figures in British aviation history, Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, passes away peacefully.

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain veteran, passed away on St Patrick’s Day at a Dublin nursing home. The 105-year-old Dubliner was shot down four times by the Nazis ...

Relatives of crew members lost aboard RAF bombers during the Second World War recently paid a special visit to West Norfolk.

A “woke” RAF recruitment practise has left the service facing a pilot shortage. The recruitment directive saw an email sent to senior leaders telling them to stop choosing “useless white ...

He added that during the Battle of Britain, the RAF "never ran out of Spitfires or Hurricanes" but "nearly ran out of fighter pilots." The RAF insists it has sufficient pilots and aircrew to conduct ...

FIVE RAF PERSONNEL based at Coningsby have their ‘eyes on the skies’ after being awarded places on an exciting scheme that promotes flying. AS1 (T) Alex Cann and AS1 Harrison Reilly have been awarded ...

He enlisted in World War II during his senior year after turning ... the Flak Shak fell out of formation despite the best efforts of the pilot and copilot. Having descended on the plane from ...